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CANDLEMASS And DESTRUCTION To Team Up For European Tour

Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS will be teaming up with long-running German thrashers DESTRUCTION for a European tour in November/December. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. In other news, Escapi will be issuing a new CANDLEMASS DVD, entitled "Curse of Candlemass", on September 26. Filmed...

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FAITH To Release New Album Later In The Year

Swedish progressive/doom act FAITH have reached an agreement with Doom Symphony Records to release the band's second full-length album, "Sorg", before the end of the year. Cover art will be produced by the always exquisite Mattias Norén of ProgArt Media. FAITH's first LP, "Salvation Lies Within", wa...

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CATHEDRAL: More European Tour Dates Announced

Mighty doom icons CATHEDRAL from Coventry, England have lined up the following dates during September/October: Sep. 02 – Glasgow, UK @ Barfly Sep. 03 – Derby, UK @ Bloodstock Festival Sep. 04 – London, UK @ Astoria (w/ WITHIN TEMPTATION) Oct. 26 – Utrecht, NETH @ Helling Oct. 27 – Eindhoven, NETH @...

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RUNEMAGICK: New Album Samples Posted Online

Swedish "dark death metal" act RUNEMAGICK have uploaded audio samples from their upcoming album, "Invocation of Magick", at this location. The album, which was recorded in part at Los Angered Recording (owned by Andy LaRocque of KING DIAMOND) will be issued in a limited edition of 999 handnumbered c...

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Republic?

Surely you know the deal when it comes to Canada's SHEAVY. If you can't get enough of mid-period, Ozzy-era BLACK SABBATH with more of an upbeat stoner rock twist, then this is your band. Provided you don't trick yourself into thinking that SHEAVY is anything more than a heavy rock group wearing its...

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NOVEMBERS DOOM Guitarist Mourns Loss Of 'DENIS D'AMOUR, My Hero'

NOVEMBERS DOOM guitarist Larry Roberts has issued the following statement regarding the passing of VOIVOD guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour: "Many people may never have realized what a tremendous influence this man [Piggy] and his band is/was on me. I started listening to VOIVOD back around 1987, and...

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CATHEDRAL: New Album Due Next Month

Mighty doom icons CATHEDRAL from Coventry, England will release their new album, "The Garden of Unearthly Delights", on September 26 via Nuclear Blast Records. Produced by Warren Ryker (DOWN, CROWBAR),"The Garden of Unearthly Delights" is probably the most varied effort of the band so far. While a...

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REDEMPTION Drop Off Toronto's DAY OF THE EQUINOX Festival

Scheduling conflicts have forced Los Angeles-based prog/metal/rock act REDEMPTION to drop off as co-headliner of the inaugural Day of the Equinox bill in Toronto, Canada. Both band and promoter apologize to their fans and hope something can happen in the near future. The fall festival still features...

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MOURNING BELOVETH, NOVEMBERS DOOM Confirmed For DUTCH DOOM DAY Festival

MOURNING BELOVETH and NOVEMBERS DOOM are among the artists scheduled to appear at the fourth edition of the Dutch Doom Day festival, set to be held October 1-2 at Baroeg in Rotterdam. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Saturday, October 1: MOURNING BELOVETH (Ireland; doom-death) NADJA (C...

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SUIDAKRA Confirmed For Germany's ROCKTOWN FESTIVAL

German melodic black/death metallers SUIDAKRA have been confirmed for this year's Rocktown festival, set to take place September 9-10 in in Bebra-Breitenbach, near Bad Hersfeld, Germany. Advance tickets cost 15 euros and tickets from the box office cost 16 euros. The festival billing is shaping up a...

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MOONLYGHT In Pre-Production For Second Album

Quebec City's MOONLYGHT are presently in pre-production process for their second full-length album prior to entering the studio later this fall. Songtitles set to appear on the CD include "Middle", "Hazard" and "Parallels". The band re-released their first album, "Progressive Darkness" (originally i...

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REDEMPTION Added As Co-Headliner Of Toronto's DAY OF THE EQUINOX Festival

Los Angeles-based prog/metal/rock act REDEMPTION, featuring FATES WARNING singer Ray Alder, have been added as co-headliner of the inaugural Day of the Equinox festival, set to take place October 14 in Toronto, Canada. The band — who has received critical acclaim throughout the metal community for t...

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DAYLIGHT DIES Add Guitarist, Begin Recording New Album

North Carolina-based doom/death metallers DAYLIGHT DIES have issued the following update: "Despite the obvious inactivity in recent updates, DAYLIGHT DIES has been anything but idle. We have several major announcements to make, with a slew of other news to follow within the coming weeks. "First and...

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The Unreal Never Lived

Oregon's YOB requires little in the way of an introduction. Doom folks "in the know" are well aware of the trio's already impressive body of work that includes "Elaborations of Carbon" (12th Records),"Catharsis" (Lunasound/Abstract Sounds),and the band's 2004 Metal Blade debut, "The Illusion of Mo...

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RUNEMAGICK Begin Mixing New Album

Swedish "dark death metal" act RUNEMAGICK began mixing their new album, "Invocation of Magick", on Saturday (August 20) for a tentative November release. The album, which was recorded in part at Los Angered Recording (owned by Andy LaRocque of KING DIAMOND) will be issued in a limited edition of 999...